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Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentaryFri, 09 Dec 2016 16:11:57 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1By: williams .482http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/a-game-six-for-the-ages/#comment-1318430
Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:05:15 +0000http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=65873#comment-1318430It seems that this was not the case with you, but I had just about completely forgotten about the drop-fest by the time Freese’s triple was on the ground.
]]>By: B Nhttp://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/a-game-six-for-the-ages/#comment-1318378
Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:54:12 +0000http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=65873#comment-1318378And Ron Washington should also have to watch that for two weeks, to remind him that you should bring in your defensive replacements when you’re ahead by 2 in the last inning of a clinching WS game.
]]>By: B Nhttp://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/a-game-six-for-the-ages/#comment-1318376
Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:53:06 +0000http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=65873#comment-1318376Agreed. That was blowing the game basically. Cruz is (apparently) not a good outfielder. I mean, you can tell that by the stats, but his non-catch was a great example of it. I don’t understand how one can be playing 10 feet from the warning track and not catch a ball on the warning track. It’s particularly confusing as you see him moving slowly from the get-go, then slowing down once he gets there… huh? Why is he slowing down? Is he under the ball? No he is not, he’s still 10 feet away! And, drop.

Cruz should have to replay that footage for a week or so, maybe it will encourage him to spend his offseason shagging pop flies.

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Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:32:00 +0000http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=65873#comment-1316725After that pitch, I had to explain to my wife what “make-up call” meant.
]]>By: jcaltonhttp://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/a-game-six-for-the-ages/#comment-1316722
Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:31:14 +0000http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=65873#comment-131672290% of RF don’t make that play, but 90% of right fielders make that play look a lot better when they miss it.
]]>By: jcaltonhttp://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/a-game-six-for-the-ages/#comment-1316711
Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:29:04 +0000http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=65873#comment-1316711I would normally agree, EXCEPT that in the early innings, they talked about game 6’s ending on a HR, and McCarver brought up that call and discussed it with Joe.
When it’s already been given attribution (albeit 2 hours earlier due to the length of the game) it’s clearly a tribute (or homage, as Kyle prefers).

Given the prior reference, I thought it was appropriate.

I used to like Joe Buck (as a Cardinals’ play caller, not MLB or NFL) then hated him on national TV, now I think I’m realizing he’s fine, but his partner just makes me hate anyone standing next to him.
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve always hated McCarver(‘s announcing), I just used to assign more culpability to Buck as part of that team.

]]>By: johnefivehttp://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/a-game-six-for-the-ages/#comment-1316595
Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:58:12 +0000http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=65873#comment-1316595john q, you sir, are an asshat. these comments are unnecessary and irrelevant.
]]>By: johnefivehttp://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/a-game-six-for-the-ages/#comment-1316565
Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:51:18 +0000http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=65873#comment-1316565agreed. he wasn’t ripping it off but paying tribute to one of the greatest of all time who would have loved to be there to see that game.
]]>By: Mitchhttp://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/a-game-six-for-the-ages/#comment-1316239
Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:45:12 +0000http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=65873#comment-1316239I mentioned it above, but how is Endy Chavez not playing RF in the bottom of the 9th nursing a 2 run lead to close out the game? What the heck is on the roster for??
]]>By: Mitchhttp://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/a-game-six-for-the-ages/#comment-1316230
Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:42:03 +0000http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=65873#comment-1316230among Washington’s many mistakes last nite, this was a big one… but on no one has mentioned is why he didn’t send Endy Chavez out to play the OF in the bottom on the 9th inning after PHing in the top of the inning??? He should have been in RF instead of Cruz!
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